Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Microsoft to release VB6 as Open Source



 
 

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via DotNetSlackers Latest ASP.NET News by Guy Barrettes WebLog on 3/31/09

After many years of complaints from the VB6 developers around the world, Microsoft has finally agreed to re release VB6, not as a full product, but as a full featured, not crippled free Open Source product with source code on CodePlex. Developers around the world should rejoice at the prospect of writing again good old VB6 apps that use ADO to connect to Access databases. Feeling the possible wrath of the C# community that will feel abandoned by this bold move, Microsoft will also create a VB6...

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